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Trump Blames Murders on ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

December 15, 2025 · 10:26 am ET · Leave a Comment

President Trump asserted that filmmaker Rob Reiner’s very public opposition to him was the real cause of his murder.

Said Trump: “Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”

Chris Cillizza: “Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death proves he is a bad, bad person.”

Celebrities, White House

Cheryl Hines ‘Surprised’ to Lose Friends Over RFK Jr.

December 9, 2025 · 10:23 am ET · Leave a Comment

Cheryl Hines has admitted she was “surprised” to see friends peel away over her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Daily Beast reports.

Said Hines: “I have some friends that I’ve known for 30 years… people just started dividing.”

She added: “Politics is so emotional to some people, and some people cannot separate… politics from… friendships.”

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Trump Left Voicemail After Ozzy Osborne’s Death

November 13, 2025 · 8:34 am ET · Leave a Comment

Ozzy Osbourne’s family has revealed that President Trump left a voicemail for Sharon Osbourne after the 76-year-old rock icon died from cardiac arrest in July, the Daily Beast reports.

Said Trump: “Ozzy was amazing, he was an amazing guy. I met him a few times and he was unique in every way and talented. So I just wanted to wish you the best and it’s a tough thing. I know how close you were and whatever I can do. Take care of yourself. Say hello to the family. Thanks. Bye.”

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Cheryl Hines Says Democrats Have Been ‘Mean’ to Her

November 10, 2025 · 4:13 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Cheryl Hines said Democrats have been giving her a hard time ever since her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began his rise in politics, though the GOP has always been nice,” The Wrap reports.

Said Hines: “The Republicans have been very kind to me, from the beginning.”

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Olivia Rodrigo Slams Trump for Using Her Song

November 8, 2025 · 3:11 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Olivia Rodrigo criticized the Trump administration after one of her songs was featured in a government video promoting deportation efforts, The Guardian reports.

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George Clooney Thinks Kamala Harris Was a ‘Mistake’

November 2, 2025 · 10:51 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Though George Clooney doesn’t regret his New York Times op-ed urging former president Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election, he does think it was a “mistake” having Kamala Harris step in as the democratic nominee, the Hollywood Reporter reports.

Said Clooney: “We had a chance. I wanted there to be, as I wrote in the op-ed, a primary. Let’s battle-test this quickly and get it up and going.”

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More Americans Approve of Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl

October 27, 2025 · 1:02 pm ET · Leave a Comment

A new Quinnipiac poll shows 48% of Americans approve of the NFL’s decision to have Bad Bunny perform the Super Bowl halftime show in February, while 29% disapprove and 24% did not offer an opinion.

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NFL Commissioner Stands By Bad Bunny

October 22, 2025 · 5:35 pm ET · Leave a Comment

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league remains committed to have Bad Bunny perform during the Super Bowl LX halftime show — despite complaints from President Trump, Fox News reports.

Said Goodell: “It’s carefully thought through. I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”

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Trump May Commute Diddy’s Sentence

October 20, 2025 · 10:28 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Donald Trump is considering commuting Diddy’s sentence as early as this week, TMZ reports.

The president is reportedly “vacillating” on the decision.

Celebrities, White House

Lara Trump Offers to Perform at MAGA Halftime Show

October 16, 2025 · 7:26 am ET · Leave a Comment

“The president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has volunteered to perform at a conservative alternative to the Super Bowl halftime show,” the Daily Beast reports.

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Worm Ate ‘Just a Little Bit’ of RFK Jr.’s Brain

October 14, 2025 · 1:15 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Actress Cheryl Hines addressed her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “brain worm” as she wrapped up an interview on The View.

Said Hines: “It ate a little bit of his brain and died, so don’t worry.”

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Katy Perry Caught In Steamy Moment With Justin Trudeau

October 12, 2025 · 6:52 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Katy Perry has seemingly confirmed her new romance with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after they were seen sharing a passionate kiss on board her yacht,” Yahoo reports.

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Turning Point USA to Host Its Own Halftime Show

October 11, 2025 · 3:33 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced on social media that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, to counter the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny,” The Athletic reports.

For members: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl

October 8, 2025 · 11:44 am ET · Leave a Comment

The NFL’s selection of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show has turned what objectively looked like a good business decision into the latest battleground in America’s endless culture war.

Conservative commentators erupted in outrage, denouncing the Puerto Rican megastar as “anti-American” and “ICE-hating,” while right-wing outlets like Newsmax described his appearance as a “humiliation ritual” for “real Americans.”

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Jane Goodall’s Last Words

October 6, 2025 · 8:59 am ET · Leave a Comment

Netflix secretly recorded an interview with Dr. Jane Goodall in March, set to air only after her death which happened last week, The Verge reports.

Said Goodall: “Absolutely there are people I don’t like, and I would like to put them on one of Musk’s spaceships and send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover… He’d be the host… Along with Musk would be Trump… And then I would put Putin in there. And I would put President Xi. I’d certainly put Netanyahu in there, and his far-right government.”

She added: “Put them all on that spaceship and send them off.”

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Bad Bunny Responds to Critics

October 5, 2025 · 10:21 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Bad Bunny responded to MAGA critics upset he’ll be the 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer during his Saturday Night Live monologue on Saturday by speaking in Spanish — then telling them they have four months to learn what he just said,” Axios reports.

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Jane Fonda Relaunches McCarthy-Era Committee

October 2, 2025 · 9:34 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a ‘coordinated campaign’ from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression,” the Washington Post reports.

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Bad Bunny Tapped for Super Bowl Halftime Show

September 29, 2025 · 8:24 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“The selection of Bad Bunny to headline the Super Bowl halftime show is about more than music,” the AP reports.

“The move signals a cultural spotlight for Latin identity at America’s most-watched television event. It also raises fresh questions about how much space there will be for his trademark symbolism and social commentary — including his past criticism of President Donald Trump — given the NFL’s history of keeping performances tightly managed.”

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